As battles over women’s human rights rage on around the world, governments have gathered in New York this week to set some definitive agreements at the UN’s annual Commission on the Status of Women
There is much to celebrate from this year’s CSW, but the failure to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls to be included as a priority in the post 2015 framework, is a clear sign that our work is far from over, says Zohra Moosa
In the final days of the UN Commission on the Status of Women summit on eliminating violence against women and girls, the Vatican, in alliance with Iran, Syria and Russia, is working to roll-back agreement on women’s rights. No other religious institution or special interest group has this level o
A recent report warns that UK government policy is set to "disappear" women from a number of key areas, such as economic strategy, policing and healthcare
CSW has attracted 1000s of women to its proceedings this year, but there is a danger that we are just talking to ourselves. Two sessions on the financial crisis point to the change that is needed.
The next Progress of the World's Women, UNIFEM's flagship biennial report, will be on Access to Justice. I went along to their CSW session to hear their solutions for justice systems that are not working for women.
Much of the negotiations seem to be sewn up before the conference has even started, but NGOs seem two steps behind each development. Is the space for NGO influence shrinking?
Minister for Women Harriet Harman visits the CSW for the first time - holding promise for the UK's commitment to the new UN gender entity.
15 years ago, I was a school girl with no awareness that Beijing was happening, but plenty of awareness of sexism. Does the Platform for Action offer more to school girls today?
Just came out of a parallel event called 'Women in cities' that was hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government and organized by the Seoul Foundation of Women and
I had the chance to sit in the main UN session today for the first time. The topic was 'gender perspectives on climate change', which is the '
